Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| have / every other day / We / soup |
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| several times a year / breaks down / My car |
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| I / go / three times a week / to the gym |
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| oranges / hardly ever / I / eat |
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| always / Kevin / win / Does / ? |
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| do / go / to the disco? / often / you / How |
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| you / every day / go / ? / to the gym / Do |
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| it / five times / I / saw |
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| know / what to say / never / I |
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| never / They / can / listen |
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| have lunch / usually / at home? / you / Do |
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| is / asking me questions / always / She |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| often / Do / you / feel tired? |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| Mike / pizza / often / eats / for dinner |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| often / late / is / John |
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| usually / go / to the dentist / once a year / I |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| dress / in green? / Can / always / I |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| in blue / She / very often / dresses |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| twice / phoned / she / Yesterday, / me |
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| Tom / will / help you / if you need it / rarely |
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| My parents / go on holiday / almost never |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| to help me / come / My parents / very often |
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| can / You / find / your car keys / never |
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| day in, day out / I / have to go / shopping |
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| I / to the hairdresser's / usually / go / once a month |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / listens / She / when you talk to her |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / usually / am / very tired / in the mornings. |
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| need / I travel a lot. I / every other day. / some petrol |
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| always / get up / at 8 a.m. / I |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| They / need / usually / some help with the homework |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
